JUNGLE newcomer Danny Baker blasted the BBC for its treatment of DJ Tony Blackburn — before dramatically announcing he is to quit broadcasting and move to America.

Before joining his I’m A Celeb campmates, the radio and TV star, 59, blasted his Beeb paymasters.

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Before joining his I’m A Celeb campmates, the radio and TV star, 59, blasted his Beeb paymasters

He labelled them “cowardly” for sacking radio legend Blackburn over unfounded historic sex allegations.

Danny, who has worked at the broadcaster since the Eighties and has a show on 5 Live, ranted: “I thought it was revolting. I thought it was a load of cowardly management trying to say, ‘Yeah, we can do the right thing.’

“But they did the wrong thing. He was a scapegoat. He entirely was, and now they’ve had to eat humble pie.”

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He labelled them 'cowardly' for sacking radio legend Tony Blackburn over unfounded historic sex allegations